Single Idea 7578

[catalogued under 1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / d. Philosophy as puzzles]

Full Idea

I conceived it my task to create difficulties everywhere.

Gist of Idea

I conceived it my task to create difficulties everywhere

Source

Søren Kierkegaard (Concluding Unscientific Postscript [1846], 'Author')

Book Reference

Kierkegaard,Søren: 'A Kierkegaard Anthology', ed/tr. Bretall,Robert [Princeton 1946], p.194


A Reaction

Nice. It is like Socrates's image of himself as the 'gadfly' of Athens. The interesting question is always to see what the rest of society makes of having someone in their midst who sees it as their social role to 'create difficulties'.